Bandia.] XLV. RUBIACEjE. 273 



Nearly allied is B. rigida, DC. (Posoqueria rigida, Wall, in Roxb. PL 

 Ind., ed. Carey, ii. 570) ; a rigid shrub about 6 ft. high, pubescent, with short, 

 sharp axillary spines, J-| in. long, and ovate, acuminate leaves on short petioles, 

 with cordate or rounded base, white fragrant flowers in axillary, nearly sessile 

 fascicles ; corolla-tube in. long ; berries small, many-seeded, globose purple. 

 Eastern Himalaya and Nepal. Probably also in Kamaon. 



2. R. uliginosa, DC. ; W. & A. Prodr. 398 j Wight Ic. t. 397. Syn. 

 Gardenia ul, Eoxb. PL Cor. t. 135 ; Posoqueria ul., Eoxb. FL Ind. i. 

 712. Yern. Pinddlu, pinddra, Kamaon ; Pandr, Oudh ; Paniah, Gorakh- 

 pur j Bharani, Mtul, C.P. ; Kaurio, Panch Mehals; Mhaniben, Burm. 



A tall shrub or small tree ; nearly glabrous, trunk and branches with 

 dark, rust-coloured bark. Smaller branches quadrangular, bearing short, 

 round, diverging, decussate branchlets, with several pair of approximate 

 leaves, 1-3 flowers, and at the top 1-4 strong sharp decussate thorns, about 

 J in. long. Leaves shining, smooth above, pubescent with short scattered 

 hairs beneath particularly along the nerves, obovate, or obovate-oblong, 

 from cuneate base, with 6-8 pairs of main lateral nerves ; petioles short. 

 Limb of calyx tubular, obtusely 5-8-toothed or nearly entire, a little 

 shorter than the tube of the corolla, which is large, showy, white or 

 cream-coloured, with a broad spreading limb of 5-8 round obtuse lobes ; 

 mouth of tube shut up with a ring of close white hairs. Fruit ash- 

 coloured, crowned with persistent calyx, 2-celled, ovoid, 2 in. long, with 

 a thick hard dry pulp. 



Common in many parts of India. In the sub-Himalayan forests as far west 

 as the Jumna, ascends to 2500 ft. Panch Mehals, Oudh, Central Provinces, 

 South India, Bengal, and Burma. Often gregarious, mostly in low, moist 

 places. Fl. May- June ; fr. Dec.-Feb. Leaves shed Feb., renewed April. 15- 

 20 ft. high, with short erect trunk, 2 ft. girth. Branchlets decussate, horizon- 

 tal, with spines and flowers at their extremities. Bark 1 in. tliick, dark-rusty, 

 rough with brown scales. Foliage dark or bright green. Wood whitish, close- 

 grained, hard, 41 lb. per cub. ft. Fruit sold in bazaars of Oudh and Behar, 

 eaten when cooked or roasted. Leaves browsed by deer and cattle. 



2. R. dumetorum, Lam. Syn, Gardenia dumetorum, Roxb. Cor. PL t. 

 136; (Posoqueria), Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 713 ; Wight Ic. t. 580; W. & A. 

 Prodr. 397. Vern. Mindla, mandkolla, Pb. ; Arara (the shrub, Aitch. Cat. 

 71), Hushiarp. ; Mainphal, many ill, Tcarhar, N.W.P. ; Main, maini, 

 Oudh; Mainhuri, manneul, C.P. 



A shrub or small tree, armed with strong opposite axillary spines 1-1 J 

 in. long. Leaves obovate, acute, from cuneate base, narrowed into a short 

 marginate petiole, rough on both sides with short stiff hairs, rarely gla- 

 brous ; main lateral nerves 4-6 pair. Flowers greenish-yellow or nearly 

 white, fragrant, at the ends of short lateral leaf-bearing branchlets, solitary 

 or 2-3 together, on short peduncles. Calyx campanulate, strigose with 

 stiff adpressed hairs ; limb with 5 broad-ovate foliaceous divisions. Corolla 

 white ; tube short, not much longer than calyx-lobes, strigose with stiff 

 adpressed hairs ; limb spreading, its divisions oval or oblong. Fruit glo- 



